Safe House

Lots of action and good watch, it's what is expected by a movie I didn't even know came out. I enjoyed not knowing anything about it and then jumping into it and a little predictable but better than most of the stuff that's coming out these days.

For being in one room and having that much action, it all worked out.

Safe House (2025) is a well-executed thriller that delivers steady tension, solid action scenes, and engaging performances. The confined setting creates a strong sense of suspense, and the plot's "who-is-the-mole?" angle keeps you invested from start to finish.

While some characters could have been explored more deeply, the movie still maintains a fast pace and gripping storyline, making it enjoyable and easy to follow. The cast did justice to their roles, and the atmosphere of mistrust in the safe house is one of the film's strongest elements.

Overall, it's a very nice movie-thrilling, entertaining, and worth watching, especially if you enjoy compact action-mystery films.

The motorcade of the VP is attacked in LA by a very professional crew, there are explosions, shootouts. Several secret service personnel die. The survivor, Choi, is entrusted with the nuclear football. Apparently the VP was in LA to receive some recently developed device, the purpose of which only becomes clear later.

Choi calls the higher ups and is told to go to a safe house nearby. The guy and gal with the new device also make it there, the guy is injured. Some big shots from the DOD (DOW?) and one from Homeland Security also end up there.

The DOD guy calls rank while Choi calls his contact, some military guy for some reason, who tells him to not share with anyone that he has the nuclear football. So everyone starts getting suspicious of each other because Choi and the other two can't disclose what they have and the others don't act particularly trust-worthily either.

Suddenly bad guy blow up the windows and repel into the safe house which is more of a safe apartment. When a bad gets mortally shot, he also explodes. One of them survives because the explosive device was damaged.

They interrogate him and find out he's Russian. Our group doesn't agree how far to take the interrogation. The "housekeeper" intervenes before the Russian is killed that increases everyone else's suspicion of him.

Next, more bad guys blow a whole trough the wall. And things start to unravel. Now everyone comes clean about the devices they have, which are actually related. The new device was meant to link the VP's iris to the nuclear football. They also learn they are basically trapped there with no way out as exits are booby-trapped. Now we also learn who the mole is and what the agenda of the bad guys is.

Safe House is an entertaining action movie. You do get caught up in the suspicion and paranoia. Fortunately enough action takes place while they are holed up in the apartment. So it's not just drama that takes place between them, although there is some of that. I wish the initial action scene would have been longer. What was unique and surprising was the bad guys' motives which voices some pretty anti-establishment views and is very refreshing to see in a movie.

Boom-LA ambush and VP motorcade chaos grabbed me hard, then six feds trapped in a safe house with the attack signal traced inside? Instant "who's the mole" mystery that kept me guessing with solid clues and slick action (gunfights, hand-to-hand). Loved the nuclear "football" nod after House of Dynamite-2025's hot prop! But mid-movie slips into usual traitor tropes, nothing fresh. 6/10: tight 90-minute thrill, great for a quick suspense fix.

This film tries to blend high-stakes espionage with emotional drama, and while the casting is spot-on - with every actor fitting their role perfectly - the story itself leaves quite a few questions unanswered.

The main issue lies in the plot holes sprinkled throughout the film. For instance, certain character motivations are never fully explained - one agent switches sides with almost no reason given, and another somehow survives a situation that looked completely impossible. The safe house itself, which is supposed to be a top-secret facility, is infiltrated far too easily without any believable explanation. And some storylines introduced early on are simply dropped halfway through with no closure.

Despite these flaws, Safe House remains a decent casual watch. The action scenes are well shot, the pacing never drags, and the performances manage to keep things watchable even when the script loses focus. It's the kind of movie you enjoy for the moment - entertaining enough but forgettable once the credits roll.